Verbs in English

 Verbs are words that either indicate the state and how an action occurs, which we call state verbs, or the action that the subject performs, which are called action verbs.

 

Grammatical forms of verbs

In English, verbs take on five grammatically distinct forms, each with its own characteristics.
 

1. Simple verb form. This state is the natural form of the verb and has no specific sign. Consider the examples:

 work 

play

listen  

This form of verbs is used in the simple present tense. In this case, in the third person singular, we add the verb s or es. This is one of the few verb tenses in English.

2. Gerund or infinitive case with ing.

working  

playing 

listening  

3. The past form of verbs, which is itself divided into two states. Regular verbs that are usually made by adding ed- to the end of verbs, and irregular verbs that need to be remembered in the past tense. Consider the following examples:

• worked
• played
• listened 

4. The third form of verbs (Past participle) or in summary form (.p.p)

The third rule is usually made by adding ed-to the end of verbs. The third form of irregular verbs must be remembered. Consider the following examples:

• worked
• played
• listened

5. Infinitive form with to or to infinitive, which is created by simply adding to the simple form of the verb. These states are verbs without time and without person and convey only the meaning of the verb. Consider the following examples:

• to work
• to play
• to listen 

 

Types of verbs structurally

In terms of structure and appearance, verbs can be divided into three categories.

1 simple verbs

2 phrasal verbs

3 compound verbs

 

Simple verbs do not have any suffixes and are made of only one word. 

 He spoke angrily . 

Phrase verbs are made up of combining a verb plus one or two prepositions. These phrasal verbs with a preposition usually have a different meaning than their simple form.

 I came up with an idea . 

Combined verbs are verbs that are made up of a combination of two verbs or a verb plus a noun.

 She goes shopping twice a week . 

Types of verbs grammatically

In terms of the grammatical role that verbs take in a sentence, verbs can be divided into two categories: "auxiliary verbs" and "modal verbs".

Auxiliary verbs are usually placed before another verb (main verb) in the sentence and are used to question, negate, make special tenses, and the unknown. The main auxiliary verbs in English are be, have, do.

 He is playing football . 

 Adverbial verbs come with main verbs and are used to express abilities, requirements, probabilities, demands, suggestions, recommendations, predictions, conjectures, and so on. Facial verbs are not spent from the person 's point of view and are always used in the same way, for example, the verbs can, may, must, should.

 He must study . 

Types of verbs in terms of objects

Verbs can be called "transitive verbs", "intransitive verbs", "ergative verbs" and "reflexive verbs" depending on their need for an object or object. ) "Divided.

Infinitive verbs are verbs that need only the subject.

 He ran . 

Transitive verbs are verbs that need an object in addition to the subject, and without the object the meaning of the sentence is not complete.

 He gave me the book . 

Ergative or ergative verbs are verbs that are both transient and imperfect, and their meanings change depending on whether they take the object or not.

 The bus was moving . 

Reflective verbs are verbs that are used when the subject and object of a sentence are the same.

 They enjoyed themselves .